Taiwan is located on the Pacific Rim of Fire. This means there are many underwater volcanoes nearby, and the area suffers from many earthquakes and other disasters. Yet, there is one good thing about living on the Pacific Rim of Fire: there are plent

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(140) / 评论(0) 分类 常春藤生活英语

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Clay is found almost everywhere in the world. It is formed by the action of wind and water on rocks over thousands of years. The rocks change in both chemical and physical ways. Chemically, element

发表于:2018-12-15 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2008年(八)月

The most unusual national parks in the United States MARIO RITTER: Welcome to the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. I'm Mario Ritter. Today, Steve Ember and Sarah Long tell us about two of the most unusual national parks in the United States.

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(42) / 评论(0) 分类 2013年VOA慢速英语(三)月

Lesson 37 第37章 A Pile of Ashes a Mile High 一英里高的一堆灰 A PILE of ashes is not usually very beautiful, and if it is in your back yard it is usually very ugly. 一堆灰,通常是不美的。如果它在你家后院里,通常会觉得

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 美国学生世界地理教材

In British Guiana far back in the wilds is a waterfall nearly five times as high as Niagara, 在英属圭亚那偏远的荒野有一个瀑布,几乎有尼亚加拉瀑布五倍高, yet so far away from everything that hardly any white men have eve

发表于:2018-12-29 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 美国学生世界地理教材

Using the key words natural disaster, volcano and hurricane on the computer, you have found the following book descriptions for an essay that your teacher wants you to write. 1 Title: Here is an exciting guide to the eruptions and quakes that shape

发表于:2018-12-29 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 人教高中英语高二

EXPLORATIONS - October 23, 2002: Information Age, Part 2 By Paul Thompson VOICE ONE: This is Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, EXPLORATIONS. Toda

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(100) / 评论(0) 分类 Explorations

SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - The Moving Story of Plate Tectonics FAITH LAPIDUS: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. Im Faith Lapidus. BOB DOUGHTY: And Im Bob Doughty. Scientists who study the Earth tell us the continents and ocean floors ar

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Earth's Surfaces Are Always Moving 地球表面一直在运动 From VOA Learning English, this is Science in the News. Im Anna Matteo. And Im Christopher Cruise. Scientists who study the Earth tell us the continents and ocean floors are always moving

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 2014年VOA慢速英语(四)月

In this edition, we head to Hawaii, home to some of the worlds most active volcanoes and if you measure from the bottom of the seafloor to the top of the peak, home to the worlds tallest mountain, too. Hawaii, a land cradled by the sea, a land born o

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2010年

Gold! It used to be said there was a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, though no one has ever found it. 金子!过去人们常说在彩虹的尽头有一罐金子。不过从未有人找到过。 Yet men have left their business and their fami

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When the World was young and people believed in sea-serpents they used to say there was a huge sea-serpent a thousand miles long in the sea near China. 在人类历史的早期阶段,人们相信世界上有海蛇怪,他们常说在中国海域附近

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Jose: Ecuador, what do you want to know about my country? Todd: Well, can you talk about Ecuador like, um, you're from Ecuador? Jose: Yes, yes! Todd: How big is Ecuador? Jose: 80% of Japan. Todd: Oh, really! 80% the size. Jose: The size of Japan. Tod

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(112) / 评论(0) 分类 原版英语对话1000个

在你面前的我,并非真实,我们也不是彼此所需。你给了我万丈高山,我需要的却是海洋。在火山周围,我们的爱,慢慢熔化、消失 Artist: Damien Rice feat. Lisa Hannigan Song: Volcano Don't hold yourself l

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 金属

托福阅读拿满分必须做精读。说起英语阅读,各位同学从初中以后就开始接触,它的重要性在各类考试中均占了很大的比重!可以说战胜阅读就是征服了考试!特别是托福阅读,因为托福考试中,

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 托福英语

Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight, Im Ryan Geertsma. Voice 2 And Im Liz Waid. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 This song is called Pop Pop Pop. I

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 环球英语 Spotlight

The idea of plate tectonics explains volcanoes as well as earthquakes. Many of the world's volcanoes are found at the edges of plates, where geologic activity is intense. The large number of volcanoes around the Pacific plate has earned the name Ring

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 英语时差8,16

The head of the International Airways Volcano Watch group, Peter Lechner who lives in Wellington, said today that their group has been warning about volcanoes for the last 10 years or more. There are nine volcanic ash warning centres around the world

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(89) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Some geologists have predicted that Canterbury has a 23% chance of another major earthquake in the next year. This is based on what computers can tell them from other earthquakes around the world but it is still impossible to predict earthquakes. Nob

发表于:2019-02-25 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Jose: Ecuador, what do you want to know about my country? Todd: Well, can you talk about Ecuador like, um, you're from Ecuador? Jose: Yes, yes! Todd: How big is Ecuador? Jose: 80% of Japan. Todd: Oh, really! 80% the size. Jose: The size of Japan. Tod

发表于:2019-03-06 / 阅读(115) / 评论(0) 分类 英语趣味课堂